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<Title>Attention STEM Majors- T. Rowe Price Investment Fellowship</Title>
<Tagline>Last Week to Apply- Great Full-time Position for May Grads</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content">ARE YOU GRADUATING IN MAY 2015 AND MAJOR IN A STEM FIELD?<div>IF YES, APPLY TO THE T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>DEADLINE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR AN ON-CAMPUS POSITION IS THIS THURSDAY, 9/25</div>
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    <div>Interviews with select students will occur on campus on October
          9th.  <br>
          <br>
          Please apply via UMBCworks to position #9266216
          by Thursday, 9/25 at Noon.  A <a href="http://www.careers.umbc.edu/skills/coverletter/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">cover
            letter</a> and resume are required.  Please address cover letter
          to:  Recruiting Director, T. Rowe Price, 100 E. Pratt Street,
          Baltimore, MD 21202.<br>
          <br>
          If you do not have an approved resume on <a href="http://careers.umbc.edu/students/umbcworks.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBCworks</a>,
          please upload your documents on UMBCworks and send me a note at <a href="mailto:routzahn@umbc.edu">routzahn@umbc.edu</a> to
          approve them before Thursday's deadline date.<br>
          <br>
          With Best Regards,<br>
          Christine Routzahn</div>
    <div>Director</div>
    <div>The Career Center<br><div><br></div>
    <div>T. Rowe Price’s Investment Fellowship Program offers college
          undergraduate and graduate students within mathematics,
          engineering, and the sciences a challenging quantitative
          opportunity to thrive in the financial industry, which is becoming
          increasingly quantitative and data driven. Under this program
          fellows will receive training, mentoring and experience in
          investment tasks (i.e., quantitative research and analysis,
          trading research and analysis, and quantitative decision and
          research support).   Fellows accepted into this program will have
          direct "hands-on" involvement within the TRP investment
          organization.<br>
          <br>
          PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES<br>
          Rotate approximately every 6 months for up to 2 years across the
          following Business Units<br>
          <br>
          •    Trading / Portfolio Modeling (Equity and Fixed Income)<br>
          •    Quantitative Research – Equity , Fixed Income, Asset
          Allocation ,  <br>
          •    Enterprise Risk<br>
          •    Distribution Channels<br>
          •    Global Business Solutions and Technology<br>
          <br>
          Use current analytical /quantitative skills by working on projects
          across various TRP Business Units<br>
          further developing knowledge/skills in:<br>
          •    Portfolio Modeling<br>
          •    Quantitative Portfolio Analysis / Portfolio Attribution /
          Portfolio Construction<br>
          •    Asset Allocation Research<br>
          •    Quantitative analysis / Research and Trading Research<br>
          •    Transaction Cost Analysis <br>
          •    Enterprise and Portfolio Risk Analysis<br>
          •    Competitive Analysis and Market Intelligence<br>
          •    Predictive Analytics <br>
          •    Technical Solution Implementation<br>
          <br>
          QUALIFICATIONS<br>
          Required<br>
          •    Must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.5 on
          a 4.0 scale <br>
          •    Must be a college senior who will be graduating May 2015.   <br>
          •    Must be majoring in one of the following areas or have at
          least a minimum of 24 credit hours in related courses <br>
          o    Engineering<br>
          o    Applied Mathematics<br>
          o    Computer Science<br>
          o    Physics<br>
          or a Physical Sciences<br>
          •    Commitment to continuing education.<br>
          •    Knowledge of investments, portfolios, and stock trading
          beneficial.<br>
          •    Strong analytical skills and the ability to solve problems.<br>
          •    Savvy usage of technology and a data driven mindset.<br>
          •    Ability to process a variety of information and quickly draw
          relevant conclusions and summarize results.<br>
          •    Excellent communication (both written and verbal) and
          interpersonal skills.  Grace under pressure.<br>
          •    Attention to detail and accuracy.<br>
          •    Enjoy working both independently and as part of a team.<br>
          •    Ability to determine priorities, plan, organize and
          follow-through on assignments.<br>
          •    History of applying thoughtful, sound judgment with high
          ethical standards.<br>
          •    Must be able to exercise discretion and independent judgment
          with respect to matters of significance.<br>
          •    Open-minded, logical, determined, creative, and
          intellectually curious.<br>
          •    Ability to multi-task in a challenging, fast-paced
          environment.<br>
          •    Ability to lead and influence others.</div>
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<Title>A New Fight Against Ebola</Title>
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    <p><a href="http://usdemocrazy.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CDCebola.jpg" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img src="http://usdemocrazy.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CDCebola.jpg" alt="Barack Obama, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Susan Rice, Thomas Freden" width="776" height="580" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a>Update: Ebola is still a big big problem. </p>
    <p>In fact, it has gotten SO bad that The White House has decided to take drastic measures. Is that the military I hear?</p>
    <p>On Tuesday, the government promised<a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/ebola-surge-obama-announce-military-led-fight-n204106" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"> $500 million</a> to respond to this “top national security priority”. In response to the disease, the Department of Defense plans  to send 3,000 troops to create training sites, build new facilities, and ultimately combat the disease. This comes after a recent visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by President Obama. </p>
    <p>While this recent news provides a blip of enthusiasm, many critics are saying “little too late, Mr. Prez”. With over<a href="http://www.vox.com/2014/9/16/6219061/white-house-committs-3000-troops-to-fight-ebola?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=ezraklein&amp;utm_content=tuesday" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"> 2,500 deaths</a> and 5 affected countries, many argue this response should have happened a long time ago. Check out this interesting article highlighting some of the statistics of this disease <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/16/ebola-by-the-numbers_n_5818834.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here.</a><a href="http://usdemocrazy.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Ebola.png" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><br></a></p>
    <p>The United Nations approximates that $1 billion can effectively control the disease. A month ago is was $100 million. Dr. David Nabarro, U.N. coordinator of Ebola <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/ebola-surge-obama-announce-military-led-fight-n204106" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">states:</a></p>
    <blockquote>
    <p>“Because of the way the outbreak is advancing, the level of surge we need to do is unprecedented. It is massive.” </p>
    </blockquote>
    <p>Not only is procrastination on taking action expensive, it is also deadly. </p>
    <p>Alright readers, how would you respond to this global health threat?</p>
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<Summary>Update: Ebola is still a big big problem.    In fact, it has gotten SO bad that The White House has decided to take drastic measures. Is that the military I hear?   On Tuesday, the government...</Summary>
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    <div>We found a red ipod touch in the grass after How to Train Your Dragon 2. If you lost it, it is currently in the (seb) office: Commons 2B10. We will be transferring it to the Campus Information Center (CIC) lost and found tomorrow. </div>
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<Title>Outstanding Alumna: Dr. Claudia Pearce '89</Title>
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    <p><em>Over the next few weeks we’ll be introducing you to this year’s Alumni Award winners. The UMBC Alumni Association proudly honors distinguished alumni and faculty for their accomplishments and dedication to UMBC. Today we’re talking with <strong>Dr. Claudia Pearce ‘89, computer science,</strong> about her </em><em>career working with the NSA as Senior Computer Science Authority.</em><br>
    <em><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/claudia-pearce-alumni_award_recipients-2014-2786.jpg?w=199" alt="Claudia Pearce-Alumni_Award_Recipients-2014-2786" width="237" height="357" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></em><br>
    <strong>Name: </strong>Dr. Claudia Pearce ’89 M.S., ’94 Ph.D., computer science<br>
    <strong>Job Title: </strong>Senior Computer Science Authority, NSA<br>
    <strong>Award Category: </strong>Engineering and Information Technology<br>
    <strong>Q: Why did you choose to attend UMBC?</strong><br>
    I chose UMBC because of the quality of the computer science program and its central Maryland location. I am currently NSA Technology Directorate’s Senior Executive Academic Liaison (SEAL) for UMBC.<br>
    <strong>Q: Is there a particular class or professor at UMBC who really inspired you?</strong><br>
    Dr. Charles Nicholas, professor of computer science, was my Ph.D. advisor. Since that time, Dr. Nicholas has continued to be a source of knowledge and inspiration that has helped me maintain my technical roots. He was very flexible in my choice of dissertation topic in a novel, unproven area of Information Retrieval using character n-grams to deal with spelling errors, garbles, and multiple languages in text.<br>
    <strong>Q: Please tell us a little about the trajectory of your career and what you are working on now.</strong><br>
    I was in research and development positions for the first two thirds of my career. During that time, I led research and development programs for information retrieval, knowledge representation, and storage, knowledge distillation, and knowledge access and sharing. For the last 10 years I have been responsible for the recruitment, retention, and continued technical health and growth of computer scientists at NSA.<br>
    <strong>Q: What has been the greatest success in your career? The greatest challenge?</strong><br>
    My greatest success was my choice of dissertation topic in a novel, unproven area of information retrieval. This work became the foundation for a series of tools and advances in flexible garble-resistant text retrieval applications.<br>
    My greatest challenge was in standing up the office of my current position, NSA/CSS Senior Computer Science Authority. This was a new position and as such, I had to develop the mission and function, goals, and strategic plan for the organization as well as secure the funding and positions to support it. My significant accomplishments in this current position include: (1) the establishment of a computer science development program; (2) the creation and establishment of technical workforce metrics and roadmaps; (3) the creation of new computer science courseware, workshops, and other offerings for the agency’s technical community; and (4) spearheading a university outreach program for computer science.<br>
    <strong>Q: What are your proudest personal achievements?</strong><br>
    I’m an avid quilt maker, and trumpet player. I’ve shown my quilts in juried international competitions and have competed nationally in trumpet competitions. I play trumpet in the Frederick Symphony Orchestra and the Montgomery Village Community Band.<br>
    <em>The views and opinions expressed are those of the affiliate and do not reflect those of NSA/CSS.</em></p>
    <h2><a href="http://umbcalumni.wordpress.com/alumni-award-winners/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Check out the other Alumni Award winners.</a></h2>
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<Title>Outstanding Alumna: Dr. Claudia Pearce &#8217;89</Title>
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    <p><strong>Name: </strong>Dr. Claudia Pearce ’89 M.S., ’94 Ph.D., computer science<br>
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    <p><strong>Q: Why did you choose to attend UMBC?</strong></p>
    <p>I chose UMBC because of the quality of the computer science program and its central Maryland location. I am currently NSA Technology Directorate’s Senior Executive Academic Liaison (SEAL) for UMBC.</p>
    <p><strong>Q: Is there a particular class or professor at UMBC who really inspired you?</strong></p>
    <p>Dr. Charles Nicholas, professor of computer science, was my Ph.D. advisor. Since that time, Dr. Nicholas has continued to be a source of knowledge and inspiration that has helped me maintain my technical roots. He was very flexible in my choice of dissertation topic in a novel, unproven area of Information Retrieval using character n-grams to deal with spelling errors, garbles, and multiple languages in text.</p>
    <p><strong>Q: Please tell us a little about the trajectory of your career and what you are working on now.</strong></p>
    <p>I was in research and development positions for the first two thirds of my career. During that time, I led research and development programs for information retrieval, knowledge representation, and storage, knowledge distillation, and knowledge access and sharing. For the last 10 years I have been responsible for the recruitment, retention, and continued technical health and growth of computer scientists at NSA.</p>
    <p><strong>Q: What has been the greatest success in your career? The greatest challenge?</strong></p>
    <p>My greatest success was my choice of dissertation topic in a novel, unproven area of information retrieval. This work became the foundation for a series of tools and advances in flexible garble-resistant text retrieval applications.</p>
    <p>My greatest challenge was in standing up the office of my current position, NSA/CSS Senior Computer Science Authority. This was a new position and as such, I had to develop the mission and function, goals, and strategic plan for the organization as well as secure the funding and positions to support it. My significant accomplishments in this current position include: (1) the establishment of a computer science development program; (2) the creation and establishment of technical workforce metrics and roadmaps; (3) the creation of new computer science courseware, workshops, and other offerings for the agency’s technical community; and (4) spearheading a university outreach program for computer science.</p>
    <p><strong>Q: What are your proudest personal achievements?</strong></p>
    <p>I’m an avid quilt maker, and trumpet player. I’ve shown my quilts in juried international competitions and have competed nationally in trumpet competitions. I play trumpet in the Frederick Symphony Orchestra and the Montgomery Village Community Band.</p>
    <p><em>The views and opinions expressed are those of the affiliate and do not reflect those of NSA/CSS.</em></p>
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<Title>Outstanding Alumna: Dr. Claudia Pearce &#8217;89</Title>
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<Title>Round Up: UMBC in the News, 9/19</Title>
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    <p><em>One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty, and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll be sharing with you a round-up of the most newsworthy achievements from our community.</em></p>
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    <li><a href="http://umbcinsights.wordpress.com/2014/09/08/umbc-featured-in-the-baltimore-suns-special-section-on-education/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC Featured in <em>The Baltimore Sun’s</em> Special Section on Education</a></li>
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